Emily Disses Billy

There was a shy lass from Amherst
who never was known to have cursed.
When comes Collins to flirt
with his eyes on her skirt,
she says - by the Dews- you will not be the first.

© Sherman K. Poultney 4/21/06


Notes:
Emily is Emily Dickinson.
Billy is Billy Collins, author of the poem “Taking Off
Emily Dickinson’s Clothes”.